Entry Word: inherent

Function: adjective

Meaning: being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing <an inherent concept of justice>

Synonyms essential, inborn, inbred, ingrained, innate, integral, intrinsic, natural

Related Words basic, constitutional, elemental, fundamental; congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior; internal; characteristic, distinctive, peculiar; normal, regular, typical

Near Antonyms alien, foreign; accidental, coincidental, incidental; acquired; superficial, surface; exterior, external

Antonyms adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic